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History and Medicine in the Philippines

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Before the Philippines were colonized by foreign countries, Filipinos have Babaylan who is equally ranked to the status of a chieftain (Datu). The Babaylan guided her people with her knowledge in food, animals, clothing, medicine and other ways of l...

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Menstrual pain

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Yerba buena (Mentha cordifelia)
Soak a handful of leaves in a glass of boiling water. Drink infusion.
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